The view from our hotel window. Rákóczi út.
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The metro runs like a swiss clock.
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Quite busy during the rush hour.
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The red line runs deepest.
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The Great Synagogue in Dohány Street.
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"And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them" (Exodus 25:8)
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Eitan, the Israeli tour guide.
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The synagogue is designed in a Moorish style.
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It also features a mixture of Byzantine, Romantic, and Gothic elements.
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The synagogue's interior has wall surfaces adorned with colored and golden geometric shapes.
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Stained glass windows are located in the ceiling of the magnificent structure.
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An extremely elaborate Aron ha Kodesh – itself as big as a chapel – is backed by a huge organ.
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The Great Synagogue is second in size only to New York's Temple Emmanuel.
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In a plaza behind the synagogue there's a Holocaust memorial in the shape of a weeping willow tree.
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Names of Holocaust victims are engraved on the leaves.
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The National Jewish Museum, next to the synagogue. The sign says "Jewish Quarter. Entry forbidden to Christians".
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A stained glass window with several motives combined into one (3 of the 12 tribes, several mitzvot, etc).
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And now to some lighter issues.
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Having lunch in Váci utca.
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